Mew video by Ron Regé Jr.

Posted in music with tags , , on May 19, 2008 by Mike Baehr

I like Danish band Mew. I like cartoonist Ron Regé Jr. Here they are together! (Via RR Jr.’s blog, where there’s also a Mew/Yes Girls song to download).

Spaced DVD details

Posted in teevee with tags , on May 6, 2008 by Mike Baehr

New Bearsuit (MP3 + video)

Posted in music with tags , , on April 29, 2008 by Mike Baehr

New song from a band I like a bunch:

Bearsuit - Steven Fucking Spielberg (MP3)
from Oh:Io on Fantastic Plastic

 

Stumptown Yoda explosion

Posted in comix-n-art, geekery with tags , , on April 28, 2008 by Mike Baehr

Loads of new entries in my ongoing Yoda theme sketchbook from this past weekend’s Stumptown Comics Fest (click thumbnails for credits and more info on Flickr):

Yoda sketchbook page 55 - Alex Bullett Yoda sketchbook page 56 - Larry Marder Yoda sketchbook page 57 - Leslie Levings Yoda sketchbook page 58 - Derek Kirk Kim Yoda sketchbook page 59 - Gene Yang Yoda sketchbook page 60 - Jason Shiga Yoda sketchbook page 61 - Scott Campbell Yoda sketchbook page 62 - Liz Prince Yoda sketchbook page 63 - Maris Wicks Yoda sketchbook page 64 - Joe Quinones Yoda sketchbook page 65 - Zack Soto Yoda sketchbook page 66 - Chris Cilla Yoda sketchbook page 67 - Alec Longstreth Yoda sketchbook page 68 - Tom Kaczynski

Music headlines

Posted in music with tags , , , , on April 24, 2008 by Mike Baehr

1. New Sloan album in June! 4 Andrew songs!

2. Stereolab signed to 4AD! My 20-year-old self just high-fived my 23-year-old self!

3. My Bloody Valentine to headline mind-blowing festival in U.S. for rich people! Photophonic last blog in the world to mention it!

Whiter than a pearl

Posted in music, uncategorized with tags , on April 21, 2008 by Mike Baehr

The A.V. Club rediscovers Unrest. The accompanying Eurythmics song they put up as a comparison is pretty boss, too, believe it or not. Some shoegazer band, get on covering that, stat!

Kidrobot Adult Swim toys

Posted in goods, teevee with tags , , on April 7, 2008 by Mike Baehr

Good: the fact of their existence! Bad: they’re blind boxed! Not that it really matters, since I’m too poor to be buying toys, but I sure wouldn’t want to end up with Squidbillies when what I really want is Avenger. CAW! Via The Beat, again.

Lego Team Zissou

Posted in film with tags , on April 7, 2008 by Mike Baehr

Click the photo for more on Flickr. From the same Lego builder behind the Lego heroes series. Via The Beat.

PWRFL Power in Performer

Posted in music with tags , on April 4, 2008 by Mike Baehr

My first feature article for Performer magazine is on Seattle-based solo artist PWRFL Power. It’s in the April issue and online now. It was heavily condensed for print — in the not-too-distant future I’ll publish my original draft here, which is quite a bit longer.

Cameraphone dump

Posted in photos with tags , on April 4, 2008 by Mike Baehr

Wrong sleeve, Shoreline Goodwill, 03/29/08

I just uploaded about a month’s worth of random cameraphone shots (just 7, really) to Flickr.